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4052964 No.4052964 [Reply] [Original]

How fucking annoying is DOS box? With having to mount C drive and shit every time you want to play.

>> No.4052968

Just drag and drop the game exe into the dosbox icon. Should mount automatically.

>> No.4052983

Just properly edit your autoexec bat.

>> No.4052984

>>4052964
There's several front-ends available that will let you create and save configurations for each game. You should be using one of them if you are serious about using Dosbox.

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>>4052964
Loading games could have been done easier, but right now you have barely to do anything

https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBoxShortcuts#Short_Version

>> No.4053027

>>4052964
You configure it.
ONCE.

>baiting in a post bread

>> No.4053093

>>4052968
>>4052984
>>4052989
>>4052986

Thanks bros, I didn't even know you could drag and drop.

>> No.4053195
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4053195

Download a frontend for it. Dbgl is the best one: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/

>> No.4053223

>>4053195
I will give it a go, thanks.

>> No.4053250

>>4052964
Use a frontend or pay GOG slavs to use they're versions of DOSbox that's all setup for individually bought games.

Are you 12?

>> No.4053256

>>4053250
>they're

Are you 12?

>> No.4053327

I pity the plebs who never used a command line in their childhoods like proper gamers.

>> No.4053330
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>>4052964
Get a frontend. I use dfend reloaded and its pretty nifty

>> No.4053338

>>4053327
Proper gamers had consoles or Amigas.

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>>4053330

I second that. Also you can set doabox to auto mount, but if you do, you lose the ability to drag and drop exe files and have them auto open.

>> No.4053487

>>4053330
That's a funny wrong screenshot for Ultimate Doom

>> No.4053527

>>4053093
You can also edit the settings file to mount multiple folders automatically.
I do this since i games on more than one drive.

>> No.4053780

>>4052964
>OP doesn't find the config file and then complains that it's the fault of the software
no words...

>> No.4054317

>>4052968
some games you can't do that. can't remember which ones. but i couldn't get into any of the ones i tried anyway. i was a console fag till about 2 years ago so i missed out when dos games would've carved a place in my heart.

>> No.4054320

>>4054317
Uh, it's always worked for me. Maybe it's something with your machine

>> No.4054328

>>4053330
Another vote for D-Fend Reloaded. I've been using it for years for all my games, for all platforms, DOS, Windows, NES, etc. I've never had to mess with Dosbox directly.

>> No.4054334

>>4052964
you can automate it all but then you have to also write configurations for every game

>> No.4054340

>>4053195
Frontends are for pussies. We used the command line back then, you can use it now.

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>> No.4054885

>>4053327
I never had that in my childhood but I must admit there's something satisfying about booting a game up like that. I was really happy when I finally figured out DOSBox and got into Master of Orion for a while.

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4054932

I went with the exoDOS route and I really fucking hate how the frontend keeps separate settings for every game. But, it was easy to set up with the whole collection and frankly, sometimes I just like browsing it because I love the artwork. It has manuals too.

>> No.4055585

>>4054932
>fucking hate how the frontend keeps separate settings for every game.

There's a large number of DOS games that need specific settings to run well. It makes sense.

>> No.4055605

>>4055585
Of course, I get that but it would make my life easier if some settings like windowed/fullscreen or the scaler could be set to a certain default setting.

There's also the fact the install/play bat files, manual/screenshot/whatever and a dosbox file is kept in games/!dos/game/ while some gamefiles, the mountable iso and another dosbox.conf is in /games/game/.

>> No.4055630

Fun fact: you can drag and drop the files you want into dosbox and it automounts.

>> No.4055917

>>4052964
>having to mount C drive and shit every time you want to play.
Emulators need to be set up properly you know,

>> No.4056541

Is there a way to have DOSbox recall the state it had when it was shut down?

>> No.4057021

>>4055605
It's not that big a deal.